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ANTE UP: The Collection of Robert Eisenstadt |
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We welcome you to take part in Ante Up, the auction of the Robert Eisenstadt's incredible collection. The auction takes place on January 30, 2021 at 10:00AM CT. You can visit the auction website by clicking here.
You can also view the collection that is up for auction as a PDF.
If you have any questions about the auction, please contact Joseph Slabaugh (joeslabaugh@potterauctions.com, 773-472-1442) at Potter & Potter Auctions.
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IN MEMORIAM: Robert Eisenstadt 1942 - 2020 |
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On June 5, 2020, Robert Eisenstadt died peacefully at home, in the loving presence of his sister Nancy and his sister's family. He will be dearly missed by all of us who loved and appreciated him. If you would like to leave a story about Robert, write a message, or read what others have written, please click here.
He took pride in his collection and loved sharing it with fellow enthusiasts; please have a look and enjoy.
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EDGE SPOT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
A CHRISTY & JONES CHIP AND A PAULSON CHIP
The Burt Company had distinctive edge spots (inserts
-- those small colored spots near the rim/edge of the chip). For
one thing, they appeared neatly in place on the finished chip.
And for another thing, the part of the edge spot nearest the center of
the chip was concave; that is, curved towards the edge so
they would be parallel to the edge of the chip and the inner circles of
the chip; this feature is found on all the chips they made with edge spots
one half inch or wider (as seen in the upper left chip below).
All of the Christy & Jones chips were manufactured
by the Burt Company. After Christy & Jones dissolved in 1965,
the Paulson Company was formed, and it continued to use the Hat and Cane
mold. For the first five years the Paulson Hat and Cane chips were
made by the Burt Co., which used the same distinctive edge spots as on
the Christy & Jones chips. But when Paulson decided to manufacture
its own chips, about 1970, it used a sloppier process to make its edge
spots, explained below.
TWO CHRISTY & JONES CHIPS
Two Christy & Jones chips are shown above with the distinctive
Burt Co. edge spots. (Note: Christy & Jones used the horsehead-left
mold as well as the hat & cane mold; these two scans courtesy of Jim
Blanchard.) The chip on the left
has edge spots a half inch
or more in width, so the inside edge of the edge spot was made curved (concave)
to parallel the circular edge of the chip and the inner circles of the
chip. The chip on the right
has edge spots less than a half
inch wide, so the inner end was made straight (because being that small
there was no point in curving it -- that is, a curved edge spot would look
straight anyway on such a narrow edge spot.) Note that these
two chips have neater edge spots than in the fuzzy-line Paulson chips below.
THREE PAULSON CHIPS
Three typical Paulson-made hat & cane mold chips. The edge
spots are fuzzier than the Christy & Jones ones, and they are made
convex
(they
bulge out towards the center of the chip). Anytime you see a chip
with edge spots like these (convex bulge or fuzzy, irregular lines), you
know it is not a Christy & Jones chip!